1. 10/5 & 10/6 - 7th Grade Agenda
Science Notebook: Decline in Monarch Butterfly Population #2
Correct Science Notebook
Video: Incredible Journey of the Butterfly

2. Milkweed Plant Why are Milkweed plants poisonous?
To prevent other organisms from eating it.

3. Milkweed and Monarch
Why does Monarch Caterpillar only eat Milkweed plants?
So that it can become poisonous to eat

4. Milkweed and Monarch Why are Monarch Caterpillar easy to spot?
So that it can become poisonous to eat

5. Milkweed and Monarch Why are newly hatched Monarchs harder to spot?
Since it hasn’t eaten any Milkweed plants, it is not poisonous to eat yet.

6. Poisonous Animals
Which animals are poisonous?
All of them

7. Which snake is poisonous
Red Touch Yellow - Kills a Fellow
Red Touches Black - Friend of Jack
Why is the King Snake’s colors so similar to the Coral Snake?
King Snake
Not Poisonous
Coral Snake
Poisonous

8. Which butterfly is the Monarch Butterfly
Which butterfly is poisonous?
Viceroy Butterfly is not poisonous
It mimics the Monarch Butterfly patterns to get protection from predators
Viceroy
Butterfly
(Not Poisonous)
Monarch
Butterfly
(Poisonous)

9. Are all poisonous animals colorful?
Inland Taipan
Found in Australia
Most Venomous Snake in the world
Single bite will kill a person in 30 to 45 minutes
Why is this deadly snake not colorful?

10. Are all poisonous animals colorful?
Irukandji Jellyfish (size of fingernail) can kill you with a single sting.
They are not used to make Jelly
98% Water
No Heart or Blood
Most don’t have a brain (except Box Jellyfish)
Most only detect light. Some have 24 eyes (Box Jellyfish)
Why is this Poisonous Jellyfish not Colorful?

11. Why is the Monarch Population Declining?
Glyphosate is a herbicide.
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the US and it is found in a populate weed killer called Roundup
Glyphosate kills most plants

12. How does Glyphosate kill plants
Glyphosate prevents plants from making certain proteins that are needed for plant growth.
Glyphosate is killing the milkweed plants growing near the field

13. Glyphosate doesn’t kill corn and soy beans created by Monsanto. Why?
Monsanto created Genetically modified (GMO) corn and soybeans that are resistant to Glyphosate
Farmers buy these (GMO) corns and soybeans and spray Glyphosate all over their fields

14. If farmers continue to use Glyphosate, what will happen to the Milkweed plants?